Top 25 Hip-Hop Songs of the 2000s: #10 Beyonce “Crazy in Love”

Posted by Nathan S. on 12/10/09 | Filed under Features, Best of the 2000s, Beyonce

With the number 10 pick of our "Top 25 of the 2000s" countdown, RefinedHype.com and DJBooth.net are proud to select...Beyonce's "Crazy in Love"!

In 2003 Beyonce wasn't officially the queen of pop r&b, but then her single "Crazy in Love" blew up and suddenly there was no question who the most powerful woman in music was. I can't imagine you have any doubts about the song's success, but you may not truly appreciate how huge it was. Here's the resume: six Grammy nominations and two wins (for Best R&B Song and Best Rap/R&B Collaboration), twenty-seven weeks on the Hot 100, eight of those weeks at number one, fifteen weeks in the top ten and twenty-six weeks in the top fifty, a dominating feat that also propelled the album "Dangerously in Love" to number one. That's pretty much the definition of domination right there.

I'm a let you finish, I'm a let you finish, but "Single Ladies" was the greatest Beyonce song of all-time. (Sorry, couldn't resist). Kanye's imaginary interruption aside, he does raise a good imaginary point. From "Baby Boy" to the aforementioned "Single Ladies" there were certainly no shortage of Beyonce cuts for us to choose from, so why "Crazy in Love"? First, it was an absolute monster on the charts (see above). Second, at the time it was easily Beyonce's biggest hit, the track that propelled her from superstar to super-superstar. And third, the inclusion of her future husband Jay-Z makes it a testament to the strength of music's most powerful couple. Given all that, I frankly don't think any other Beyonce track can really even touch it.

Those impressive stats like that it's easy to forget just how good "Crazy in Love" is as a song, but take a listen to those horn blasts again, to that shaking percussion and tell me you don't feel like hitting the dance floor (yeah, even you super-hard "I'm too cool to dance" guy). Beyonce's unbelievable looks and dance moves didn't hurt, but "Crazy in Love" was a smash because it's a great song, and at the end of the day that's what matters the most.

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d-mac	I kind of despise this song, but I think thats due to the fact that I was forced to play it every night I was DJing for about 6 months - which is a testament to the popularity of this song.
	Posted on Dec 11, 2009

enigmAtic And ecstAtic (joshL)	um... NO. u guys def missed here. all those reasons u jus gave r still not enough to compete for the song that should be on the list.
	Posted on Dec 11, 2009

Nathan S.	@d-mac I think we all heard this one far too many times, but with a 7 year buffer between now and its original release I'm actually finding that I can enjoy it. @enigmatic The biggest song from the biggest female artist of the decade? Plus Jay's on the track? I'll stand by this one without a second thought.
	Posted on Dec 11, 2009

enigmAtic And ecstAtic (joshL)	im not goin to go all out right now, but jus for starters: u jus said this isnt her best song. also, this isnt her biggest either.
	Posted on Dec 11, 2009

Aussie_Pride	Does this mean that there will be no destiny's child on the list? cause as much i hate to say it, i would of had 'lose my breathe' on the list somewhere, the production on that track is sick (one of my all time favorites from a production stand point). This is probably the correct track to put on the list for Beyonce (who had to be somewhere in the top 25), though i was never a huge fan of it.
	Posted on Dec 11, 2009